One year after becoming president, the widower of Benazir Bhutto has been battered by economic crises and political missteps - despite some military successes.
Many see Pyongyang's recent friendly gestures as a tactical move. The US moved Tuesday to freeze the assets of two North Korean entities, while South Korea accused the North of unleashing a deadly flash flood.
In a nationally televised address to Congress, President Obama asked critical lawmakers and a skeptical nation to reach consensus on legislation to expand health coverage.
AP - Shaking off a summer of setbacks, President Barack Obama summoned Congress to enact sweeping health care legislation Wednesday night, declaring the "time for bickering is over" and the moment has arrived to protect millions who have unreliable insurance or no coverage at all.
AP - President Barack Obama's Republican adversaries remain ready to rumble in the aftermath of his impassioned push to reform America's health care system.
A Republican House member shouted "You lie" during President Obama's health care speech to Congress on Wednesday, and members of both parties condemned the heckling. After the speech, South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson issued a statement apologizing for his outburst.
President Obama told Congress that while he isn't the first president to take up the cause of health care reform, "I am determined to be the last." Obama defended his proposal for government-run public health insurance as one option for increasing competition, and warned foes: "If you misrepresent what's in the plan, we will call you out."
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will join the judges' panel on "American Idol" for the show's ninth season beginning in 2010, a Fox spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.